My name is Kiran (08096960094) from Hyderabad. Friends kindly contact me if any one having similar fraudulent story. Before telling my story Friends together if we fight 100% chances of winning "United we stand divided we fall"
On 01-08-2013 we received number of calls from country club that we have won 3 gifts and they have put a condition that couple should come to their office to collect it. My wife refused to go and told them that they would try to sell us a package.Their official requested that we come there by 07:00 PM and we will handover the three gifts and said that they doing for the shake of promotion of their company. we went there , the marketing team of country club had gave us 2 hours long presentation and your team told me that I was given a club membership at free of cost and with country vacations membership, the marketing team of country club also promised me that the package which was given to me is for 6 nights and 7 days in a year for 30 years with family and parents with out paying even a single pie and along with the package one vehicle along with driver will be provided for 7 days and we have to just pay the diesel charges.
The marketing of country club also promised me that a guide will be accompanied with us when ever we will go out and the same is also will be provided at free of cost and the marketing team of country club have asked my credit card to confirm the offer as they have told me that this is free offer and the free offer is only for few credit card holders , so I have handed over my credit card to the marketing team of country club and with in 5 minutes I have received a shocking message that Rs.70, 000/- was swiped at country club.
Then I shouted at them, but they have forcibly announced my name and announced that Sri S.Kiran Kumar is our lucky member and every one has clapped and then they told me that the Rs.70, 000/- will be converted into 12 EMI at ZERO Charges and they have given agreement which was already filled partly and left only personnel details to be filled and asked me all my details and filled and made me sign on the agreement , I was in shock and I could not do any thing but to sign on the agreement as my children’s are hungry and they are crying but before signing I have asked them that whether all the facilities you have promised is true or not.
The marketing team of country club replied that in additions to the facilities I will be provided a suite room with kitchen and I can cook my self and if I am not interested in cooking then a complementary lunch and buffet break fast will be provided at all the country club properties for all the 7 days for all the 30 years, more over it is literally impossible to read all the contents at your premises due to poor visibility/ lighting in the presentation room and that too the font size is not more than 8 or 9 for terms and conditions in the document due to which I literally have to trust your team but before signing I have hesitated but the marketing team of country club have promised me that today you think about our offer and I you still feel that you are not interested then we will refund your money by deducting cancellation fee of Rs.100/- only.
When I returned to my home and read all the terms and conditions mentioned in the agreement which are quite opposite. So I have decided to cancel the membership which was forcibly given to me and I have made number of calls to them and they are keeping on telling me that you don’t go by the agreement we will provide all what we have promised and when I still not agreed and demanded to return my money then they avoided my calls saying that they are out of station or they are not feeling well or their daughter health is not well and after few days they avoided my calls by not answering my calls and most of the time they used to keep their mobiles in switch off mode.
Then I have decided to visit their office along cancellation application, but while inquiring about him they replied that he is not available. On 16-08-2013 I have visited Country Vacations premises and waited for him on the entrance and when he entered into the premises I have given him letter for cancellation of my membership and then he told me that he cannot return my money fully but he assured me that he will talk to higher up and downgrade my package from 30 years package to 5 years package with a complementary Country Club Member ship for life long which costs Rs.35000/- and rest amount ie., Rs.35000 will be return back to be with in 3 days . But even after a lapse of 50 days they have done nothing this shows how fraudulent marketing team of country club is. The team member are 1. FASSIUDDIN, Marketing Manager, 2. Afsar, Marketing Executive and 3.Akil, Junior Marketing Executive.
This is to inform that daily Country Vacations regular practice is that they will collect coupons which were filled by the innocent people in Malls and I am one among them who was cheated by the Country Club through Country Vacations. The Country Club Marketing People will make number of calls that “ Your are the luckiest person selected among 50, 000 contestants and he or she had won a free holiday package and free gifts and they should come to their office to collect the gift” , but they will put one condition that only couple should come and collect the gifts. They will never reveal that they are calling on behalf of Country Vacations.
All the innocent people will be trapped with their offer and they will go to collect the gifts and there the real drama starts with the cunning marketing experts who will co-cordially invite the couple in the presentation room which will be crowded with trapped innocent people. The room will have around 20 to 30 small round tables where 4 to 6 persons can be accommodated including one marketing personnel, the drum beat sound will be played so that the presentation given in the next table will not be audible to nearby next table and they will in increase sounds when ever any one shouts at the marketing personnel and the marketing in charge will handle the situation.
They will first mesmerize the couple with their sweet words and they will ask personal details to study their brain and they will ask simple questions to impress the couple and they will tell them that if the questions are answered they will get offers, If the couple says wrong also they will tell those couple that they are selected and they will explain the offer which is given for only few selected persons, the person will bring the country vacations properties list and their facilities ie., they will be provided 30 years package which includes facilities at free of cost ie., Free Car will be provided during vacation and if he/she doesn’t know driving they will be provided with driver and a guide at free of cost.
In addition to that they will provide with suite rooms for 6 nights and 7 days in India as well as in abroad which is inclusive of all taxes/charges and if the couple like to cook in their rooms then they will be provided with kitchen with all cooking items and the couple is not interested then they will be given buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner at free of cost ie on complementary and they will also assure the couple that if they are unable to use the vacation then they will sell the vacations on behalf of them and transfer the money to their account and in addition to the above facilities they will be given a complementary Country Club membership for 30 years at free of cost where in they can enjoy facilities of Gym, Swimming Pool and other facilities at free of cost for 30 years, if we could not able to use the holiday then they will give rent for the 7 days which is approximately 15, 000 per year, in addition to the above offers they will provide Banquet halls (at any property) which can be used up to 4 (four) times in a year at free of cost , 2 Nights / 3 days of holidays in Dubai free of cost with no extra charges, 2 Flight Domestic Tickets free of cost with no extra charges .
The couple, their two children and their dependent parents are eligible for the above facilities and then they will ask the couple to pay a nominal amount , if the couple says that they will inform them tomorrow then they will tell them that this offer for today and at any cost they have to decide right now. If the couple says that they have no money then they will demand their Credit Card/ Debit card to check out whether the offer is valid to the particular card holder or not and if by chance they happen to handover the card then they will immediately swipe the card to maximum extent and announce the couple name as the luckiest couple of that evening and make everyone clap at them and in that scenario if the couple shout then they will increase the sound of the music and then they will tell the couple that the same will be converted into EMI with Zero processing charges.
Due to shock their mind will be blocked and then they will give the couple one agreement which was already filled partly and left only personnel details to be filled and asked them all their personal details and fill the agreement and in between if you want to fill the documents then at any cost they will avoid and make them sign on the agreement as well as on the merchant copy in rRajeev_Vermact of Debit/ Credit card.
They will explain that their company have tie up with your bank and all these E.M.I’s will be interest free and you will not be charged any processing fees as well. It is pertinent to note here that the representatives of their organization explained us the offer on a plain piece of paper. The next day when we contacted bank to confirm our E.M.I amount we were totally shocked and disappointed to hear that our bank have no alliance with their organization. All the promises and assurance made by them are false as our Bank informed that if my transaction is to be converted into E.M.I’s then I have to give the interest and processing fees as well.
Due to 2 hours of presentation the couple will be impatient and he will definitely will not have patience to read the agreement properly and more over the marketing team will never allow the couple to read the terms and conditions stipulated in the agreement. If they really want to read the document then it is quite difficult to read because the terms and conditions mentioned in the agreement where the font size is not more than 8 ( Eg., abcd ) and more over the visibility in the presentation will also be very low. If the couple want to cancel the membership with out using even one vacation of the club, then they will say the they cannot refund money.
In this way Country Club through its Country Vacations are cheating innocent people not only in Andhra Pradesh but also in various places in india and in abroad. The Government should blacklist such fraudulent enterprises and book them under unfair trade practices act. It is requested to brow to following links to know how the innocent people are being cheated by Country vacations which is a division of Country Club :
https://kish.in/country-vacations-is-it-a-fraud/
https://complaintbox.in/country-vacation-cheated-me/
https://grahakseva.com/complaints/10681/fraud-by-the-country-vacation-pune
https://hindu.com/2006/11/28/stories/2006112815780500.htm
https://consumercomplaints.in/complaints/country-vacation-east-delhi-delhi-c681728.html
https://complaintsboard.com/complaints/country-vacations-c333648.html
https://lawyersclubindia.com/experts/Country-vacations-fraud-240936.asp#.UhOAWb66bIU
https://complaints.com/2007/april/1/RCI_affiliation__Country_Club_Country_vacation_s_i_90440.htm
https://icrpc.org/countryclub.jpg
https://complaints-india.com/complaints/1041/Country-Club-Return-my-Money_-Cheating-by-Country-Club-Staff.html
https://consumercourt.in/product-services/50669-case-against-country-vacations-country-club-ongoing-issue.html
https://icomplaints.in/fraud-by-country-club-013558.html
There are number of cases registered against Country Club , in Balgalore a total of 1045 cases have been filed against Country Club in Banglore Consumer Forum by former members in 2009 , Banglore Consumer Forum has given direction to Country Club to refund the member ship amount collected by the innocent members along with interest (for details please brow https://consumercourt.in/travel-agent/8975-country-club.html), but still they are not behind bars, may be this is due to political influence or through the power of money.
Here is fresh list of more people who were cheated by country club (updated on 13-10-2010):
Mr. Ambuj Kaushik (Cell: 09820206862)
Mr. Ramakrishnan G of Ernakulam (Cell: 09746090601)
Mr. Sandeep Mandal of Bangalore (Tel: 09945535611)
Mr. Himanshu Pant of New Delhi (Tel: 9818563463)
Mr. Manish Dewan of New Delhi (Tel: 9810675195)
Mr. Rajesh Kumar of Mumbai (Tel: 022-26367515)
Mr. Sandeep D Deore of Pune (Tel: 9004308206)
Mrs. Pamela Vishwanath of Mumbai (Tel: 26363110)
Mr. Vinodkumar R Agrawal of Pune (Cell: 9860005901)
Mr. Tajammul Pasha of Bangalore (Cell: 9986924247)
Mrs. Shweta Vikas of Gaziabad (Cell: 9212423437)
Mr. Shailesh Joshi of Mumbai (Cell: 9820340016)
Mr. Samarendra Kishore Maitra of Secundrabad (Cell: 9246262119
Mr. Krishna Chokhani of Mumbai (Cell: 9892346599)
Ms. Kavita R Girkar of Thane (Cell: 9987066320)
Mr. Jitesh Sharma of Faridabad (Tel: 9810517025)
Mr. Tome A Fernandes of Goa (Tel: 0832-2293109)
Mr. Ramakrishna Ayinapudi of Bangalore (Cell: 080- 25251129)
Mr. Furokh Santoke of Mumbai (Cell: 9820216205)
Mr. Mandeep Singh of New Delhi (Cell: 9899294601)
Mr. Kedar Sapore of Pune (Cell: 9881101645)
Mr. Kush Gupta of Mumbai (Cell: 9967050655)
Mr. Ritish Kumar of New Delhi (Cell: 9810604099)
Mr. Shailesh Joshi of Mumbai (Cell: 9820340016)
Mr. Tajammul Pasha of Bangalore (Cell: 9986924247)
Mr. Ramesh Chander of B angalore 9880089210
Mr. Ravi Thakur of Pune 09420697536
Mr. Sameer Kolhe 9819463431
Mr. Biranchinath Sahu biranchinath.sahu@gmail.com
Mr. Brijendra Bharti of Gurgaon tinkubharti007@gmail.com
Mr. Srikanth.S of bangalore srikanth.s@hp.com
Mr. Abhay Mishra (Cell: 9867462041)
Mr. Tarun Kumar of Mumbai (Cell: 9324363851)
Mr. Tulasi Vamshikrishna of Gurgaon (Cell: 09910076941 )
Mrs. Pratah Jain (Cell: 9910837663)
Mr. Amit Vyas (Cell: 9448287375)
Mr. Sameer Kolhe (Cell: +91 9819463431)
Mr. Sumeet Goel (Cell: 9818219380)
Mr. Daljeet Singh Ghai (Cell: 9818653600)
Mr. Ravi Thakur, Pune (Cell: 09420697536)
Mr. Malikahmed Tamboli of Pune (Tel. No. 9850441386)
Mr. Donald D Souza of Mumbai 9819269807
Mr. Rajesh P (Cell: 9840059199)
Mr. ShivaKumar.B (Cell: 9972583627)
Mrs. Sreedhara Chakravarthy R (Cell: 9741765000)
Mrs. Vamshi Cell: 9910076941)
Mr. Chinmaya Mishra (Cell: 09836060311)
Mr. Venugopal (Cell: 9849154320)
Mr. Surjit (Cell: 09986744019)
Mr. Sai Natesan (Cell: 9900546468)
Mr. Rajshekhar Kallatti (Cell: 9900156441)
Mr. Sai Natesan (Cell: 9900546468)
Mr. Donald of Bangalore (Cell: 9819269807)
Mr. Venkat of Bangalore (Cell: 09833555383)
Mr. Ramesh Chander of Bangalore (Cell: 9880089210)
Mr. Subroto Ghosh of Bangalore (Tel: 080-25236202)
Mr. B. V. Mohan of Bangalore (Cell: 9341979860)
Mr. Harsh Vardhan of Bangalore (Tel. No. 080-41345134 / 9343864711)
Mr. Pranav Kumar Singh of Bangalore (Cell: 9880852275)
Mr. B. Venkatesh of Bangalore (Tel. No. 080-23326721)
Mr. Vivek Butyani of Bangalore (Tel. No. 9880630663)
Mr. Arun of Bangalore (Tel.: 9840709668)
Mr. Vivek of Bangalore (Tel.: 9840822703)
Mr. Ravi of Bangalore (Tel.: 9840964636)
Mr. Somanath Hawargi (Cell.: 98451 23505)
Mr. Rajendra Singh (Cell.: 9969221637 / 9820118368)
Mr. Rami of Hyderabad (Cell.:9866896635)
Mr. Jerry Mathew Elias Kovoor of Bangalore (Cell: 9845177673)
Mr. Mohan Krishna Eday of Bangalore (Cell: 9916585593)
Mr. Raj Shankar Guha (Cell: 9885011750)
Mr. Nazeer Ahmed (Cell: 9945333901)
Mr. Vijayanand Reddy (Cell: 9959569998)
Mr. Balaji (cell: 9884656708 / 9940088222)
Mr. Rakesh Pandey
Mr. Vinay Orpe (Cell: 9886180325)
Mr. Rajeev Bhaskar
Mr. Rajarshi (Cell: 9885011750)
Mr. Yash Kulshreshtha of UK (+44 786166788)
Mr. T P Ranjith (Cell: 9845448406)
Mr. T. K. Suresh (Cell: 9969221637)
Mr. Vimal Vidyadharan (Cell: 9741769696)
Mr. Amit Bhageria of Mumbai (Cell: 9167025773)
Mr. Anuj Malik of Gurgaon (Cell: 9811525192)
Mr. Dushyantkumar Patel of Ahmedabad (Cell: 9428611269)
Mr. Dharmesh Patel of Vadodara (Cell: 9821791053
Mr. Hariharan Subramanian of UP (Cell: 9717070576)
Mr. Imthiyaz Shaik of Nellore (Cell: 9908306122)
Mr. Kaushlesh Rai of Pune (Cell: 8087097772)
Mr. Panuganti Raghavendra of Hyderabad (Cell: 9849412541)
Mr. Prashant Kumbharkar of Pune (Cell: 9822933696)
Mr. Suresh Kandakatia of Hyderabad (Cell: 9866649093)
Mr. Tajpeer Hassansab of Bangalore (Cell: 9164518159)
Mr. Raju Handa, Mangalore (Cell: 9845834815)
Mr. Abnue Jalali, Pune (Cell: 9371068669)
Mr. Ajay Talegaonkar of New Delhi (Cell: 9910428144)
Mrs. Rina Biswas of W. Bengal (Cell: 9339530423)
Mr. Gurpal Gill of Delhi (Cell: 7838171525)
Mr. Saroj kumar Patra of Hyderabad (Cell: 9908637081)
Mr. Sandesh N Gondkar of Pune (Cell: 9890912867)
Mr. Prakash Deshpande of Pune (Cell: 9623923623)
Mr. Pankaj S Satam of Mumbai (Cell: 9819930550)
Mr. Dinesh Babu of Dehradun (Tel. No. 9760755024)
Mrs. Bhanu Sinha of Bangalore (Cell: 8762802262)
Mr. Bhushan Bhat, Canada
Mr. VinodJjalali, New Delhi. (Cell: 9810345577)
Ms. Anitha Hanumansetti of Secunderabad (Cell: 9618011843)
Mr. Arun Narahari of Bangalore (Cell: 9945294684)
Mr. Manan U Shah of Mumbai (Tel. No. 9322657449)
Mr. Mohsin Baldiwala of Pune (Cell: 9970369830)
Mr. Nileshkumar Makwana of Ahmedabad (Cell: 9277953981)
Mr. Premnath Iyer of Thane (Cell: 9820974080)
Mr. Rajeev Kumar of Pune (Cell: 7588682890)
Mr. Viswa Chaitanya Bellamkonda of Chennai (Cell: 9940167068)
Mr. Anand Patil of Pune (Cell: 9850095828)
Mr. Tejas Thakor of Pune, currently in Ontario (Cell: 001- 6476841731)
Mr. Bharat Rao of Thane (Cell: 919820810906)
Mr. Dinesh Singla of Jaipur (Cell: 9783300235)
Mr. Hitesh K Vasoya of Hyderabad (Cell: 9550264764)
Mr. Karnail Singh Majithia of New Delhi (Cell: 9811146884)
Mr. Khamuruddin Shaik of Secunderabad (Cell: 9246308461)
Mr. Madhukar Harilal Joshi of Ahmedabad (Cell: 9898766645)
Mr. Mahesh Khopkar of Navi Mumbai (Cell: 9833012302)
Mr. Sundarrajan Mathialagan of Bangalore (Cell: 9886310180)
Mrs. Manju B Agrawal and Mr. Banwari Lal Agrawal of Ahmedabad (Cell: 9428088262)
Mr. Prabhat Singh of Bangalore (Cell: 8892429856)
Mr. Pritish Mishra of Bilaspur (Cell: 9784570829)
Mr. PVKS Ramanjaneya Kumar of Bangalore (Cell: 9986146494)
Mr. Sameer Katre of Mumbai (Cell: 9820759577)
Mr. Prafulla Ule of Mumbai (Cell: 9987083861)
Mr. Sridhar B V of Bangalore (Cell: 9880710608)
Mr. Kamal Grover of Pune (Cell: 9970160268)
Mr. Vijayganapathi Rajagopalan of Mumbai (Cell: 9930361651)
Mr. Vivek Kumar of Shamshabad (Cell: 9396661739)
Mr. Kushal S. Jirafe of Pune (Cell:-9960635282)
Mr. Anurag Deepak of Haridwar (Cell: 9891820908)
Mr. Nagender Poddar E- mail: anpodd@msn.com
Mr. Rajesh of Mumbai E-mail: rajeshk@tatamotors.com>
Mr. S S Agarwal of Mumbai (Tel No. 2351 5550 / 2352 5551)
Mr. Suneet Tyagi (got his money back through consumer case)
Mr. Biranchinath Sahu e-mail biranchinath.sahu@gmail.com
The country club is using fraudulent techniques to trap innocent people. I have send no. of mails and calls to country club but till now no reply. I have visited pangagutta police Station , but SI S.Mallesh and CI N.Tirupatiah refused to lodge complaint against country club. I have wrote a letter to Commissioner of police asking information regarding no. of cases lodged and action taken Country Club